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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on what your objectives are.

If you think the ultimate and most important thing you get out of HS is to get accepted to the most prestigious college possible, then your best bet is either (a) Big 3 (which are the only private schools around here where school reputation carries any weight at all), (b) a magnet HS or program, or (c) one of the good (not not necessarily the top) public HS + lots of enrichment.   (C) is the safest bet of those because of the scarcity of seats in (a) and (b).   It is the path that will allow you kid to differentiate themself in the eyes of the colleges.

We chose none of the above, because [b]college admissions is not what we’re trying to get out of HS[/b].  Our DC will be ultra-prepared for whatever college they go to. DC’s HS work is and has been very challenging from day 1.  Even if their GPA suffers a bit compared to what it would have been otherwise and that means DC goes to a less prestigious college, I’m willing to let the college chips fall where they may and trust that DC will be better prepared than 95% of the class.[/quote]

This was our philosophy as well. I may be in the minority, but I think my kid would end up at the same/similar college whether they went to our giant neighborhood HS or the private they are in. They are the kind of student they are, and there will be a match for that. Because they are not aiming for Ivies or such, I was never worried about the numbers game of that.

So when people say privates have better college counseling, they may be like me, thinking the smaller load per counselors means more attention and guidance and a really good list of target schools.

College preparedness was our goal, and I believe my kid will be in a better place coming out of private than they would be in our public. I don't think every kid needs that necessarily, but mine doesn't mind flying under the radar doing "just fine" in a big school, and we wanted more of a push than that. [/quote]

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